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Rogue engineer creates URL lengthener for making your links worse on purpose

Rogue engineer creates URL lengthener for making your links worse on purpose

Grant St. Clair
Aug 11, 2025
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Given how shitty AI is making the Internet nowadays, it's almost refreshing to see an actual human making it worse. It's like having a favorite Bond villain — you don't like their evil plans, but you can at least appreciate the vast intricacy of them. If you fancy a bit of that organic enshittifi…

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